66: Chinese Hornbill Carving Incised with Golden Charac

區越山微雕描金詩文鶴頂紅鑲嵌粉水晶。 7.25" long and 4.5" tall. There are some Chinese poems on each side. Good condition with some wears on the golds. One of the poems reads as this: "太乙近天都，連山到海隅，白雲迴望合，青靄入看無". 古錄終南山句 王維詩愚子刻 下書”小臣持獻壽 長此戴堯天“ ，甲寅年仲夏，款識“越山”，加上款識 ”如意“ ”吉祥“。
The poem on the other side reads as:" 北斗掛城邊，南山倚殿前，樹杪玉堂是“ ，樵西愚子刻於甲寅年。下書”大富貴亦壽考“，款識“乾隆”。

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